"Why not?" Theron responded in the clip above. "It's so strange when we talk so much about [someone's sexuality]. It should be normalized by now. It's something I feel is not represented enough in cinema and I feel that when you make movies, if you're going to hold that mirror up and reflect society then you should reflect society."

Wondering if this was a case of art imitating life, Cohen followed up Theron's response by asking her, "Have you ever swum in the lady pond?" (the host's favorite euphemism for a female sexual encounter).

A somewhat surprised Theron let out a long "Ooh" before adding, "When I was young, yes. Yes. When you're young you're just kind of exploring it all but it was pretty clear that I really liked dudes."

Earlier this month Theron spoke to Variety about her "Atomic Blonde" character's sexuality. "It just felt there was a way through that relationship and the fact that it was a same-sex relationship," she said, "to show a woman not having to fall in love, which is one of those female tropes: 'It's a woman; she better fall in love — otherwise, she's a whore!'"